Changing a tyre with a mousse tube installed

[Mark BuntingMember]

It’s time to change my front tyre but it has a mousse tube and none of my local bike shops will touch it.

Does anyone know of bike shop on the Mid North Coast on NSW that can deal with a mousse tube???

Conversely… does anyone know how to do it themselves???? I’ve been told you need special tyre levers, is that true???

Any help would be appreciated.

Kram

[Mick DMember]

Hey Kram,
Just spoke to Rod at MudnTar and he said if you have the grease he will give it a go.

[GregMember]

Can be changed with two tyre levers a front can anyway. Three or four levers and no problems just like a normal tyre, the levers are just harder to get in to the bead. Lube the levers, use a rubber hammer and put the levers in about two inches apart. Try and use three or four but two can do the job.
Pull one side of the tyre of, push the tyre across the rim pull the mousse out and take the tyre off. To fit it back up lube the inside of the tyre with mousse lube and lube the mousse. Fit one side of the tyre and then put the mousse in the tyre, push the mousse into the rim and then lever the tyre on, it’s hard but well lubed it can be done.

I did these videos a couple of months ago and hadn’t posted them so they may help, you don’t need all the levers and the stand really, as many levers as you have.

It’s not my best camera work but it may help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmgFaPjCQPg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZDi_pCL4MY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlrYmBKJ7Aw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Can’t believe a shop won’t do it it’s a piece of piss

TB

[Mark BuntingMember]

Great vids mate you make it look easy.

A couple of questions for you

When are you back from the States :woohoo: :whistle:

Do you have to use Mousse Lube or will any good greese be OK???

Thanks again for posting those Vids

Kram

[Mark BuntingMember]

When in doubt give Suttos a call.

I asked Suttos about getting some grease and they told me to just buy some good quality rubber grease from my local auto place.

Thank’s Suttos they where a great help without trying to make a sale

Kram

[MalMember]

Get a couple of those bigger tyre levers Kram and use your 2 standard ones as well. Someone up there will have a tyre changer like the one TB is using.

Youtube mousse changing and watch the pros do it.

It’s not hard at all once get comfortable with the technique. The hard part is getting the levers in at the start.

It amazes me that bike shops don’t know how to do them. I had a dealer tell me he or his employees had no iaed how to change a mousse.

Once you get the hang of it Kram you’ll find it easier to change your mousse than a air tubed tyre.

Good luck with it mate.

If I lived closer I’d show you how I change them. Not much different to TB though.

[Ron BirrellMember]

The only questions I have are :-
How does the tyre re-bead itself on the r once fitted
And
How long does a mousse usually last as I saw in TB’s videos he used a new tyre and mousse

Buzz

[MalMember]

Buzz wrote:

The only questions I have are :-
How does the tyre re-bead itself on the r once fitted
And
How long does a mousse usually last as I saw in TB’s videos he used a new tyre and mousse

Buzz

A mousse tubes density is about the same as having 14 odd psi in a normal tube. That’s why they are a bit harder to put until you get the technique right.

The bead usually pops back in place as we use windex or simlar stuff on the bead to make it slippery. Sometimes a small area of bead will stay in and you can use a bit of air pressure forced in the air valve hole to push the bead out. The air escapes over about minute.

My front mousse lasted nearly 3000kms before I cut a section of an old one. They soften and shrink over time and you really only do something with them when you feel the rim hiting rocks more and more.

Hope this helps buzz.

[Mark BuntingMember]

Well the new tyre is on and It was easy as.

The vids and tips were a great help TB and Mal, thanks heaps.

I didn’t have a bead breaker like on TB’s Vid but instead used a builder G clamp to compress the tyre walls. This made it very easy to install the tyre levers. I was very happy with this little trick.

It was nowhere near as difficult as I was led to believe and the good thing about a mousse tube is that it can’t be pinched

Kram

[MalMember]

Sweet mate. Well done.

Nice trick with the G clamp too.

[ChrisMember]

Bought a Michelin Mousse and set out to fit it on the front today. It was pretty easy and I did it with 3 tyre levers. Got some quick advise from TB and then got stuck into it. Took me longer to lube the inside of the tyre and the tube than it did to fit. I was pretty amazed.

I be a happy camper… Can’t wait to try it out……

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